It's time is up

It's time is up - Macro of a fuse light bulb by Picturejockey

Kingfisher and Gulmohur - Kingfisher on a power cable with a gumohur tree in background by Picturejockey

Kingfisher and Gulmohur - Kingfisher on a power cable with a gumohur tree in background by Picturejockey

One would think that the increasing urbanisation has killed or driven away all the birds but if you look around you do get to see a few odd native birds. Apart from crows, sparrows and pigeons, I have quite frequently seen kingfishers around our home. This is one sitting on the power cable with the gulmohur tree in the background.

To those who don't know, I feel in love with Gulmohur trees when I moved to Bombay. Every year in the month of April, the view from our home would change as all the gulmohur trees in Aarey colony would turn red. A drive to Powai during those days was also a memorable one as one could see endless Gulmohur trees on the way.

Actually, I can make it much worse

Actually, I can make it much worse - Water valve in my garden by Picturejockey

You have the poor guy by his balls, he has a family and a mortgage and the thought of suddenly being unemployed is scary enough for him to forget about the raise he didn’t get.

Colourless leaf - a macro of a leaf by Picturejockey

Colourless leaf - a macro of a leaf by Picturejockey

Fresh fries from KFC - just 4 weeks old

What all do we eat in the name of fast food. I know that to maintain a consistent taste from one store to another, one city to another and one country to another, there is a great deal of industrialization. French fries or chips come to these store pre cooked and all the untrained staff at store has to do is fry them at a specific temperature for a specific duration. However I never thought what actually goes in that food till I saw these.

I flew to Bangalore on 10th of April and on 5th of May I had the use the same bag I took with me to Bangalore. In that bag I found some fries I bought at Delhi airport. These fries are 25 days old but still look like they have just come out of fryer. While raw potatoes last for a very long time, anyone who has cooked potatoes knows they have a very small life span. Cooked potatoes are the first thing that rots even when refrigerated, very often we have to throw away food just because it has potatoes and they have gone off. But look at these fires! They have not lost the shine even after lying in a bag for 25 days.

Have you wondered how hard your body has to work to digest something that, even after 25 days, dehydrates and dries up like wood but won't get any fungus or smell bad?

Disclaimer - I have nothing against KFC (in particular). I am sure McDonalds and other stores serve the same unhealthy food. You should also not take nutrition tips from an overweight patient of hypertension :)